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Fort Lauderdale commissioners signal support to lengthen Central City CRA advisory terms, ask staff to update redevelopment plan
Summary
A former Central City Advisory Board member urged longer advisory terms and a timely update to the CRA redevelopment plan. Commissioners expressed general agreement and asked staff to pursue ordinance changes and a meeting with neighborhood leaders.
Troy Liggett, president of the Middle River Terrace Neighborhood Association, asked the Fort Lauderdale City Commission to lengthen advisory-board terms for the Central City Community Redevelopment Area and to direct the CRA staff to update a redevelopment plan that Liggett said is two years overdue.
Liggett told the commission he has served multiple terms on the Central City Redevelopment Advisory Board (commonly called the CRAB) and said the board’s current rule—one-year appointments limited to three consecutive terms—creates a continual learning curve and turnover that has undercut continuity on long-running projects. He cited the Fourth Avenue streetscape and a prolonged rezoning process as examples of work spanning multiple years and…
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